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5 Ways to Avoid Groupthink

HR Digest

In modern workplaces, we have seen very destructive examples of groupthink. Many companies and organizations were down because their team members were part of groupthink, and that is why we need to avoid groupthink and improve the decision-making process. . What is groupthink in a team? What is an example of groupthink.

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Can Optimists and Pessimists Ever Get Along?

Lead Change Blog

For instance, they’d suggest an innovative marketing strategy to promote their new product without much regard for anything else. Given these characteristics, naturally, the pessimists would tear the optimistic marketing strategy and other ideas to pieces. Sometimes they would even see problems that weren’t there.

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CMI Highlights – 14 February

Chartered Management Institute

She also offers advice in The Times on how to overcome “groupthink,” where leaders remain unchallenged and team members withhold their views. Assessing Leadership and Management in Local Government report , published in partnership with the Social Market Foundation. The New Statesman featured CMI’s newly-published Local Heroes?

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Diversity and Inclusion – Two Very Different Concepts

Great Leadership By Dan

You need to de-bias the systems that run the organisation, such as recruitment, pay, procurement, talent management and marketing. This creates a culture where disagreement and debate is welcome, and guards against blind spots and groupthink. And you need to lead inclusively.

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Navigating the Mental Minefield: A Guide for Leaders

Mark Sanborn

In Practice: A CFO might confidently project revenue figures while neglecting market uncertainties and potential disruptions. Groupthink: The Consensus Conundrum The Trap: The desire for group harmony can lead to unchallenged decision-making and potentially flawed outcomes.

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Originals or How Non-Conformists Move the World

Leading Blog

They move before the market can support their idea. When you are the first to market, you have to make all of the mistakes yourself.” Dealing with Groupthink. Cohesion in a group doesn’t cause groupthink. “It just means being different and better.” When originals try to be first they tend to overstep.

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36 Lessons for Business & Life from Trillion Dollar Coach Bill Campbell

Leading Blog

He helped to build some of Silicon Valley’s greatest companies including Google, Apple, and Intuit and to create over a trillion dollars in market value. The goal of consensus leads to “groupthink” and inferior decisions. B ILL CAMPBELL was one of the most influential background players in Silicon Valley.

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